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Senate committee narrows vaccine-liability language, cites precedent from opioid litigation
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a narrowed version of SB8 that removes a disputed funding reference and includes a four-year sunset clause; lawmakers debated how a court would prove a vaccine caused death or serious injury, citing opioid litigation as precedent for later discovery of corporate misconduct.
Senate Judiciary committee members approved a revised version of Senate Bill 8 after the sponsor removed a disputed provision and added a four-year sunset clause.
Senator King (sponsor) told the committee he re-referred the bill to remove language tied to opioid settlements after concerns from the attorney general and municipal groups. "All I did was to accommodate them is re refer this back to committee and took that out," he said. He later…
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